President Trump plans to spend another weekend on the golf course

President Donald Trump has plans to spend yet another weekend on the golf course. For the fourth time since taking office, Trump will make an appearance in Bedminster, New Jersey. Instead of taking to the course with his clubs in tow he will simply play host at the U.S. Women’s Open.

The third of five LPGA majors began Monday at the Trump National Golf Club with players and spectators alike anticipating an appearance from Trump himself later in the week. He will travel to Bedminster on Friday and not return to Washington D.C. until Sunday, according to a new pilots notice posted Monday morning by the Federal Aviation Administration.

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Despite the White House not yet giving a response and no specific mention of the president in this document, VIP restrictions such as this one is almost identical to past notices for his trips to Mar-a-Lago and Bedminster.

“We were notified of the TFR (temporary flight restrictions) this morning but unfortunately we have no knowledge of the president’s schedule,” Janeen Driscoll, public relations director for the USGA, said. “We have a security plan in place, as we do for all of our championships. Our focus remains on conducting the ultimate test of golf for the best female players in the world.”

This will be the first tournament of 2017 that will be held at a Trump-owned course.

Donald Trump’s Many Courses:

Sam Allardyce

Big Sam is a twat, but he would be the cheapest option as he has a lot to prove following his comical exit from the England post.
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16. Trump International Golf Links, Ireland

15. Trump International Golf, Scotland

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David Moyes

Fucking hell, even this man is more qualified than Arena. Moyes might not have much time left at Sunderland because he's only won two damn games in the Prem this season.
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Roberto Di Matteo

He's won the Champions League with Chelsea and been axed by Aston Villa. Don't know what you're going to get with Di Matteo, but it would be worth a gamble.
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Laurent Blanc

Blanc was a class player and has managed for PSG and France. He could bring a wealth of experience to the US, but he's French so there's no fucking chance.
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Oscar Pareja

He has molded FC Dallas into an MLS powerhouse without much financial backing and has an eye for young talent. He could make the USMNT great again.
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Slaven Bilic

He wouldn't want this man on the sidelines for the US? He's proven he can do it in the Premier League despite West Ham's really shitty season this year.
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Andre Villas Boas

The man who was supposed to be the 'next Jose Mourinho' is a sell out like the rest and now coaching in China. The USMNT would offer him an opportunity to do something with his managerial career.
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Frank de Boer

Now looking for work following the short stint at Inter Milan, de Boer has a great track record at Ajax. Honestly, no one can fix what the fuck is happening at Inter.
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Olivier Giroud

He's beautiful and surprisingly effective. The Arsenal man has a knack for being streaky in his goal scoring exploits even off the bench.
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Solomon Kalou

A quiet contributor for most of his career, Kalou was clutch coming off the bench. Now at Herta Berlin his substitute appearance days are behind him, but the man was a baller for the Blues.
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Daniel Sturridge

With his time at Liverpool coming to an end, Sturridge can still score goals. He's on a tear for England and scores when he wants off the bench for Klopp's side.
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After the PGA’s decision to move the World Golf Championship from Trump National Doral Golf Club in Miami to Mexico City, the only headlines containing the words “Trump” and “golf” have been in regards to his various weekends away from the White House.

But leading up to the Women’s Open, that has changed. There was already been controversy surrounding the USGA’s decision to host a major at Trump’s course in Bedminster with one online petition has more than 100,000 signatures requesting the USGA move the tournament.

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More recently, two-time major winner Brittany Lincicome was the next to voice her opinion on whether an appearance from the president is acceptable or not.

“Hopefully maybe he doesn’t show up and it won’t be a big debacle and it will be about us and not him,” Lincicome said in an interview with the Chicago Tribune. “I don’t know him. I have met him probably once. I think it will be fine. We’re going to play an amazing golf course and let our clubs do the talking.

“It’s a fine line because the USGA picked that golf course years ago. It would be so impossible, even if we wanted to boycott it. I mean, the purse is so big, I don’t think anybody would. … We don’t get to play for that much money that often.”

Lincicome does have a point. The $5 million purse is the highest ever for this LPGA major with the winner taking home $900,000.

It’s no secret that there is a huge wage gap between PGA and LPGA players. While the USGA made history with its largest prize purse ever for the men’s U.S. Open, players on the women’s tour have yet to make over $2 million this season. An appearance from Trump can go wrong in a number of ways, but one thing it will surely do is bring attention to the LPGA tour — even if it is negative attention.